fall asleep in the Lord

English

Verb

fall asleep in the Lord (third-person singular simple present falls asleep in the Lord, present participle falling asleep in the Lord, simple past fell asleep in the Lord, past participle fallen asleep in the Lord)

(chiefly Eastern Orthodoxy, poetic, euphemistic) To die.

Synonyms

(poetic, euphemistic: to die): fall asleep, pass, pass away, pass over

Translations

euphemism for "to die"

German: in Gott entschlafen
Russian: почи́ть в бо́зе (ru) pf (počítʹ v bóze)

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